From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. Dudley Conner (baby) is held by his father, Edgar Earl Conner, on the bank of the mineral creek at Rawls Springs. [The name of D. Conner's father was provided by the daughter of D. Conner, Barbara Conner...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in colonial costume is holding a sign with the words, "La. wants equity, not a special favor." On the horizon (curved edge of the Earth) is the U.S. Capitol dome....

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ken Alexander. A depressed-looking man sits behind a roadside stand in the desert. The sign above the man reads, "Poor nations mineral mart and garage sale." He has piles of minerals on the...

Oral history.; Gwin E. Douglas was born on November 9, 1923, in State Line, Mississippi. Douglas graduated from Leakesville High School in 1942 and worked briefly with his father in the naval store and the timber businesses until he was drafted...

Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 30, 1978 with Thomas Jefferson Tubb (born 1899). Mr. Tubb served as chairman of the Clay County Executive Committee for 47 years from 1928 to 1975 and during the Dixiecrat movement from 1950 to 1956....

Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Roy Carless. A man whose lower body is that of a snail has a large snail shell on his back and is carrying a briefcase labeled "Mine and smelter industries." He is traveling on a path marked...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen, dressed as a workman, is building a brick wall that is labeled "848.4 million capital spending." Two piles of mortar are behind him. They are...